3 Iced Cookie Experiences at Metro Phoenix Bakeries

After the chocolate chip cookie search, a request came in for where to get an iced cookie in the Phoenix area. Iced cookies may not always be on the shelf at your local bakery, as they are typically iced up to celebrate holidays or occasions. I found three iced cookies…

KFC Adds Deep-Fried Soup to Japanese Menu

Americans are known for their deep-fried food fetish, and bizarre new concepts crop up at state fairs every year, like fried Cadbury crème eggs, mac ‘n’ cheese, and Coca-Cola. But the United States isn’t the only country that enjoys covering everything in batter and sticking it in the deep fryer…

Five Must-Have Pastry Tools

Tarts tins. Ring molds. Loaf pans. Mini tart tins. Pastry bags. Pastry tips. All of varying sizes and shapes. Cake plates. Pie plates. Muffin tins. Madeleine tins. Bundt pans. Sheet pans. A multitude of small wares for manipulating fondant. Cannoli tubes. Chocolate molds. Silpats. Rolling pins. The list goes on,…

Nearly Non-Fat Cocoa Powder Soon Available Worldwide

Chocolate is healthy — potentially lowering blood pressure, reducing risk of heart disease, and staving off dementia, research shows — but only in small quantities. It’s recommended to eat less than 3 ounces of dark chocolate per day because it is so calorie-dense and high in saturated fat. However, a…

The Townie: London’s Answer to the Cronut™

Cronuts™ have been dominating food news all summer, and New Yorkers are still lining up in the wee hours of the morning to get a taste when the bakery opens at 8 a.m., a trend that — with the promise of a fig-mascarpone variety in September — isn’t likely to…

Bacon Mania: A Retrospective

If you thought the bacon trend had peaked long ago, turns out you’re wrong. But it actually may have happened one week ago in Chicago with the opening of a restaurant that serves sandwiches that are topped with different types of bacon, including Chinese bacon, chicken liver-bacon banh mi spread,…

4 Chocolate Chip Cookie Experiences at Metro Phoenix Bakeries

The chocolate chip cookie is no fad. This beloved American treat is a go-to sweet treat, and cookies in the pastry case always sell. Chocolate chip cookies come in so many different shapes, sizes, thickness, sweetness levels, shades of browning, and textures. They are their own chemistry experiment, for as…

Mother Finds Live Worm In Capri-Sun Juice Pouch

A Michigan mother says she found a live worm inside her son’s Capri-Sun juice pouch last week. And despite what you see in the video below, in which the worm can be seen wriggling inside a plastic bag, Kraft Foods says it can’t be sure the object in question isn’t…

Still Looking For Cronuts™? Here’s a Map.

Still haven’t had a Cronut — or even an imitation? Apparently, there still are people out there who either can’t seem to find them or are just so incredibly obsessed that they need to know the whereabouts of Cronuts™ around the world at all times. Those are the only two…

Eating Lunch at Your Desk Is Stressing You Out

Show this to your boss or casually pass it around the office so it will work its way into his or her awareness. A new study shows that eating lunch at your desk is making you more stressed, less creative, and quite possibly less productive…